Researchers have developed a website to track the spread of Covid-19 symptoms in Ireland.
The symptom checker aims to anonymously gather information about people’s experience battling the bug.
NUI Galway along with the University of Limerick have collaborated with Orreco to provide data to Irish health authorities.
All data captured is anonymous and there is no way for it to be connected back to an individual, researchers have said.
And the system is not intended for the diagnosis or treatment of disease but rather a collection of clinical symptoms in the context of COVID19.
Professor Derek O’Keeffe, Consultant Physician at University Hospital Galway and Professor of Medical Device Technology at NUI Galway is leading the research.
He said: “To defeat your enemy you must know where it is and the data from MyCovidSymptoms.ie and COVID19 testing allows us to do this.
“ Clinically it is important to know where COVID19 is in the community, so that we can plan accordingly and learn more about the disease.
“We expect that the Irish knowledge that we learn from this will help us all fight COVID19 both now and in the future.”
Simon Harris has said this week he expects the coronavirus lockdown to stay in place for weeks - but hinted there could be changes after that.
The Health Minister admitted Ireland will eventually have to move onto a "different terrain" after the current restrictions have been in place for months.
He told Virgin Media News: "What's highly likely tomorrow is that the National Public Health Emergency Team will recommend that we continue with the very strict restrictions... I expect that to be a period of weeks.
"In relation to the roadmap, there is going to be a point in this country where we will have to live alongside the virus, for want of a better phrase, where sadly people will still get sick and sadly some people will still die but it is at a rate that is sustainable for our doctors to manage."
